Abstract: A method and apparatus for executing a strategy of electronic throttle monitoring of a powertrain system including an electronic powertrain control module, and an electronic throttle control, includes an independent processor receiving signals shared with the powertrain control module from sensors and actuators on the vehicle. The monitor operates in a monitoring mode to detect faults occurring in the powertrain or the powertrain control module, and determines whether mitigating conditions occur in conjunction with detected power output greater than power demand. In the event that these mitigating conditions are not detected, the monitor operates in a limiting mode to actuate decreases in power output below the level of power demand.

Abstract: An Electronic Engine Controller (EEC) controls the operation of an electronically controlled throttle. The EEC generates a predicted desired throttle angle value as a function of upstream and downstream air pressure values, an air temperature value and a desired airflow value. A predicted actual throttle angle value is generated as a function of the upstream and downstream air pressure values, an air temperature value and an actual airflow value. A throttle angle difference value is generated as a function of the difference between the predicted desired throttle angle value and the predicted actual throttle angle value. A PID controller is employed to generate a throttle angle change value. The throttle angle change value is then added to the predicted desired throttle angle change value to generate a throttle angle control value, indicative of a position for said throttle. The throttle angle is then altered to a position corresponding to the throttle angle control value.

Abstract: A closed-loop controller implemented by an engine control microprocessor for adjusting the position of the intake throttle of an engine. Sensors, typically shared with other engine control mechanisms, develop electrical signal values indicating intake air pressure and temperature as well as the pressure within the intake manifold. A programmed microcontroller responsive to these signal values, and to a value indicating a desired rate of air flow into the engine, produces a further value representing a desired throttle position. A comparator is used to produce an error signal indicating the extent to which the measured actual air flow rate value deviates from the desired flow rate value. Finally, a closed-loop feedback control mechanism jointly responsive to this error signal and to the desired throttle position value operates a mechanism which controls the throttle position, thereby maintaining a close correspondence between the actual and desired air flow rates.